Safety razor



W. J. KLAUBEHG, DECD.

C. l. AND W. WI KLAUBERG, EXECUTORS.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1920.

L41 6,@9@ Patented May 16, 1922,

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'To all whom t may concern:

narran l WILLIAli/IiJ. KLAUBERG, OF NEW YORK,' N. Y.; CHARLES J'.KLAUBEBG AND WILLIAM W. KLAUBERG, EXECUTORS OF SAID WILLIAM I. KLAUBERG,.DECEASED, 'AS- SIGNORS TOC. KLAUBERG & IBROS. INC., 0F NEW .-Y ORK, N.Yy., A. CORPORATION I0F NEW YORK.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. KLAU- BERG, a citizen of the UnitedlStates, and residing at No. 316 West 82nd Street, in the city of NewYork, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Safety Razors, and moreparticularly to that type ofsafety razor in which some portion of theguard or blade covering elements'has a Contact with the face of the userduring the operation of shaving.

The object of the invention is to provide .means designed to havecontact with the face of the user whereby toguide the razor in adiagonal direction'to producek what is technically known to thoseskilled in this art as an angular stroke.

A further object of the invention is to.

provide such a razorwith guardteeth angularly disposed withrelation tothe line of i the edge of the'blade and'extending preferably in thedirection of movement of the razor when producing the so-called diagonalor angular stroke. l

With the foregoin objectsl in view the invention may be sai to consistof a safety razor provided with means arranged to rhave contact with theface of the user whereby to guide the razor and cause the-same to moveover the face of the user ina direction to produce a diagonal or angularstroke.

' The invention further consists of a safet razor provided with guardteeth dispose angularly with relation to the line of the` cutting edge-of the bladeA and preferably in the direction of the. movement of the4stood that my invention is not limited to such a form but is equallyapplicable to other forms of safety razors.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-m-Figure 1 shows in side elevation a safety razor embodvina the presentinvention.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Mgty 16, 19.22, Application ledMarch 17, 1920. Serial No. 366,649. i

- Figure 2 shows a face View ofthe razor shownin Figure l looking at'theface of the clamping plate.

Figure 3 shows a rear plate, thehandle being tion.

Figure 4 shows a longitudinal sectionalplate taken on the..

view of the clamping line 4--4 in Figure 2.

ori-rea view ofthe bed shown- 1n cross-sec- Figure 5 shows .a transversesectional view of the clamping plate taken on the line 5-5 Similarreference characters will be em-` ployed 4throughout the specificationand -f drawings to indicate corresponding parts.

As shown in the drawings my invention edges of the blade at oppositevsides extending beyond the edges of the clamping plate.

And also, it is well understood that whenI in operative condition thisblade is 1curved transversely, and that by loosening or tightening theclamping means, the edges of the blade may bel adjusted for either aclose 'shave or otherwise. 1

The bed plate 2 along its opposite edges is provided with the guardteeth 5 which, as

. clearlyshown in Figures 2 and 3,'project out beyond the cutting edgesof the `blade 4. These guard teeth 5 are inclined as shown clearly inFigures 2 and 3 so that they project in an angular' direction withrelation to the line of the cutting edge of the blade 4 and preferablythe guard teeth 5 upon opposite edges will extend in the same directionor angular line.

By forming `these guard teeth 5 so that they are angularly disposedwithrelation to f the cutting edge of the blade, the hair which is tobel-cut by the edge will be guided and` caused to approach the edge inan inclined .direction with relation tp the cutting edge,

andas the.` edges of thel guardv teeth and the yedge of the blade form amore or less obtuse angle instead of a'right angle, as 1s usual withrazors of this character, the edge of the blade will not come intoabrupt contact with the hair to be severed, but there will be moreorless of a gradual and inclined relative movement between the edgeofthe blade and the'hair to be severed.

The best result in the use of4 any razor is secured by imparting theretowhat is generally `known as an angular or diagonal stroke overthe faceof the user and it is to insure such a diagonal or angular stroke that Iprovide the outer face of the clamping plate 3 with parallel 6 and ribs7.

The grooves and ribs preferably extend over the entire surface of *theclamping plate 3 and from edge to edge thereof, and

- as shown inFigure 2 the grooves 6 are posi- .tioned so that theycoincide with the opening 8 between the guard teeth 5, and the groovesand ribs in me surface of the guard late extend in the same direction orare disposed at the same angle with relation to a ylongitudinal linecutting the center of the.

razor, as for instance the line 4 4 in Figure2.

As shown-in Figure '4 the grooves 6 are preferably concaved along thebase line as shown at 9 and the walls of the grooves eX- tend-perpendicularly and form a relatively sharp angular shoulder with theupper surface of the 'ribs as indicated at 10.

By thus forming the ribs and grooves they will, when pressed against theface of the user, have a more or less frictional enga gement therewithand as the skin will have a tendency to enter the grooves, the razorwhen drawn over the facewith the surface of the clamping plate 3immediately adjacent to the cutting edge of the blade f1 in engagementwith the face, will be guided in the direction of the ribs and vgroovesand thus move over the face in a diagonal yor angular directionproducing the so much to bedesired angular stroke.

It is of course to be understood that my 'invention is not limited 'to'the particular type of safety razor illustrated and described, but Iitcan -be adapted to any form of safety razor in which there is a plate orbearing which contacts with the face of diagonally extending grooves theuser at a point adjacent to the cutting edge of the blade while making ashaving stroke.

Having described my invention, I claim:

l. A safety razor comprising a bed plate and a clamping plate, the outersurface of the clamping plate being provided with parallel grooves andribs positioned to engage the face of the user to` guide the razor overthe face.

2. A safety razor comprising a bed plate and a clamping plate, the outersurface of the clamping plate being provided with diagonally arrangedparallel grooves and ribs positioned to engage the face of the user toguide the razor over the face.

3. A safety razor comprising Aa bed plate having along one edge kaplurality of projecting spaced guard teeth, and a clamping platerprovided with parallelgroovcs and ribs upon its outer surface, thegrooves coinciding with the spaces between the guard teeth of the bedplate.

4. A safety razor comprising a bed plate and a clamping plate, the bedplate being .provided with guard teeth along its edge and extendingdiagonally with relation to the edge, and a clamping plate provided withparallel grooves and ribs upon its outer surface eXtendin in a diagonaldirection at an angle substantially that of the guard teeth of the bedplate.

5. A safety razor comprising a curved bed plate having along itsopposite edges guard teeth projecting therefrom at an angle thereto, theteeth on the opposite edges being substantially in the same-angularline, and a curved clamping plate the outer face of 'which is providedwith'parallel ribs and grooves formed upon an angle corresponding tothat of theiguard teeth, and the grooves coinciding with the spacesbetween the teeth.

6. A safetyrazor comprising a curved bed plate having along one edgethereof guard teeth projecting therefrom at an angle thereto, and acurved clamping plate provided with parallel ribs and grooves formedupon an angle corresponding to that of the guard teeth, and the groovescoinciding with the spaces between the teeth.

